Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Strengthening Qi- Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
 
                         Bu Zhong Yi Qi TAng
          Middle-Reinforcing and Qi-Benefiting Decoction


SOURCE: Pi Wei Lun (Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach)
INGREDIENTS :
Huang Qi (Astragalus root)15g
Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice root) 5g
Hong Shen (Ginseng) 9g
Dang Gui (Chinese angelica root-baked with wine to dry or dried in the sun) 9g
Chen Pi (Tangerine peel) 6g
Sheng Ma(Cimicifuga rhizome) 3g
Chu Hu (Bupleurum root) 3g
Bai Zhu (Bighead atractylodes rhizome) 9g
DIRECTIONS: All herbs can either be decocted in water for oral administration, or ground into powder for making bolus,
each bolus weighs 9 gram, take one bolus for each time with ginger decoction or warm boiled water, 3 times a day.
EFFECTS: Reinforcing the middle, benefiting qi, and elevating yang to raise qi sinking.
INDICATIONS: Qi deficiency syndrome of the spleen and stomach manifested by fever with perspiration, thirst with desire
of warm drink, headache with a- version to cold, short breath and disinclination to talk, lassitude of the extremities; or loss of
appetite, pale complexion, deficient and weak pulse, pale tongue with thin whitish coating as well as prolapse of rectum,
prolapse of the uterus, gastroptosis, chronic diarrhea caused by the sinking of the middle-qi.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This is a representative formula to invigorate qi and raise yang. It is based on the principles that
"The consumptive syndrome should be treated with warm herbs" and "Sinking disorders should be treated with herbs for
lifting function" . Of all the ingredients, Huang Qi (astragalus root) with sweet flavor and warm property effects on the spleen
and lung meridians. It is the principal herb with the effects of reinforcing the middle and replenishing qi, elevating yang to raise
qi sinking, linking up the internal and external. Hong Shen (Ginseng), Bai Zhu (bighead ateactylodes rhizome) and Zhi Gan Cao
(roasted licorice root) replenish qi and invigorate the spleen to assist the efforts of Huang Qi (astragalus root) in reinforcing the
middle and benefiting qi.
They are assistant herbs. Chen Pi (Tangerine peel) is used to awake the spleen,'harmonize the stomach, and regulate qi
mechanism, Dang Gui (Chinese angelica root) as adjuvarnt herb nourishes the blood to harmonize the nutrient qi. Sheng Ma
(Cimicifuga rhizome) leads the clear qi of Yangming Meridian upwards, while Chai Hu (bupleurum root) leads the clear qi of
Shaoyang Meridian upwards. They are used together as dispatcher herbs for elevating the lucid yang of the spleen and
stomach from the sinking.This formula belongs to therapy of relieving fever with sweat and warm herbs. It is only indicated to
fever due to qi deficiency. Patients with indigenous heat due to yin deficiency contraindicated.